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ByClaireLester The Regional FFA Meet- ing and Contest was held at California State Univer- sity, Chico in the Bell Me- morial Hall on Wednesday, March 18. The Regional Meeting is an annual event where FFA chapters come from across the region to elect regional officers, compete and receive their State Degrees, profi- ciency awards and scholar- ships. Several Red Bluff FFA members were awarded their State Degree for their dedication to the FFA. To qualify to receive the State Degree, the student must have previously received a Chapter Degree, completed two years of FFA instruc- tion, invested at least $1,000 in an SAE project or spent a minimum of 300 hours on the project and volunteered for at least 25 hours. Recipi- ents of the State Degree have expressed a true devotion to the FFA Organization. The following Red Bluff FFA members received their State Degree: Sadie Antolin, Tymberlyn Bealer, Shelby Burnett, Travis Ferreira, Charles Croman, Michaela Black, Devin Kendrick, Ty- ler Kinsworthy, Trenton La- chance, Taylor Phillips, Ni- cole Renfroe, Shaye Root, Hannah Scholzen, Alyssa Shank, Paige Smith, Bai- ley North, Tyler Thompson, Casey Ventimiglia, Zane Kit- tle and Hailie Willey. Congratulations to all of the State Degree recipients, keep up the hard work. Furthermore, a few dil- igent and dedicated mem- bers competed in the speak- ing competitions against the top competitors in the sec- tion. Amy Garrison competed in the Prepared Speech Con- test, Danielle Mincer com- peted in the Extempora- neous Speech Contest and Brittany Wright competed in the Impromptu Speech Contest. All of the contes- tants worked hard to per- fect their speaking skills and were among the top twelve contestants from the Supe- rior Region. Everyone had a great time and did extremely well in their competitions. Af- ter competing, the contes- tants served as delegates to help elect the 2015-2016 Re- gional FFA Officers. In ad- dition, Claire Lester was awarded Ted B. Gregg Me- morial Scholarship and the Bell Family Presidential Scholarship to help with the expenses of college and help her achieve her goals of be- coming a veterinarian. Thank you to all of the generous donors and every- one who helped to make the Regional Meeting a great success. RED BLUFF FFA Students attend regional events COURTESYPHOTO Several Red Bluff FFA members were awarded their State Degree recently for their dedication to the FFA. The preliminary hear- ing of Albert Preusser, that was to have come up before Justice Lennon yes- terday morning, has been continued until next week, the date yet to be set. Pre- usser is charged with Sell- ing liquor in dry territory, or "blind pigging." The district attorney found it necessary to continue the matter because of the ab- sence of the principal wit- ness, A. H. Stewart. This witness, operating as a detective, secured the ev- idence in the case of Pre- usser and the two China- men arrested at the same time, and at this time is supposed to be in San Francisco and represents that he is sick and was not able to appear. — March 27, 1915 100 YEARS AGO... Blind pigging cases have been continued a week A team from Red Bluff High School was the over- all champion for the Shasta College Trimathelon for a second year in a row. The competition was be- tween six are high schools including Enterprise, Shasta, Foothill, U-Prep, Central Valley and Red Bluff. The winner of the Chalk Talk event was Red Bluff High School, represented by Maryn Spangler and William Yates. This event required participants to do research and give an 11-minute presentation on Math in Nature. The school took second place in Applied Problem Solving. This is an event also uses two-person teams, but the team solves problems that are realistic applications of mathemat- ics. Red Bluff High School was represented by Haley Isaacson and Grant Cot- tier. Teacher Mike Fox con- gratulated the entire team, made up of Maryn Span- gler, Karl Parks, Haley Isaacson, Jesse Cantrell, Grant Cottier and William Yates. RED BLUFF HIGH Students win second Trimathelon in a row The following informa- tion has been compiled from Red Bluff Police De- partment, Tehama County Sheriff's Department, Corn- ing Police Department and California Highway Patrol logs. Arrests ShalettL.Glidewell: 44, of Orland was arrested Wednesday on outstanding felony charges of fraud and perjury. Bail was $40,000. Alexander J. Niktaris: 23, of Reno, Nevada was arrested Wednesday on out- standing charges of felony selling marijuana, posses- sion of marijuana for sale and failure to appear. Bail was $80,000. Ronald A. McCormick: 57, of Corning was arrested Wednesday on outstanding charges of felony threaten- ing to commit a crime and corporal injury to a spouse or cohabitant. Jason A. Holtman: 46, of Red Bluff was arrested Wednesday in the 500 block of Sykes Road in Red Bluff on suspicion of felony receiving known stolen property, misdemeanor con- trolled substance parapher- nalia and failure to appear. Bail was $15,000. Jodi J. Cordial: 44, of Red Bluff was arrested Wednes- day on outstanding charges of felony failure to appear, burglary, misdemeanor the of utility services, failure to appear and trespassing. The 6000block of Amador Road: A caller reported Wednesday that an un- known person entered her unlocked vehicle and took a laptop, camera, clothes and other items. 15500block of China Rap- ids Road: A caller initially reported Wednesday that an engagement ring valued at roughly $20,000was stolen from his residence. The caller later reported that he found the ring. POLICE LOGS There is a fine line be- tween inquiring with con- cern how you might assist some- one in her diet efforts; and braying persistent, repetitive, noisy, con- stant, loud- mouthed in- quiries as to whether she knows what the heck she is doing. The former is labeled "being supportive," the lat- ter referred to as "nagging." As examples, supportive is gently and sincerely ask- ing, "How can I help you with your diet?" Nagging is, "How's that diet work- ing? Should you be eating that? Wow! How many cal- ories in that? Haven't you had enough?" Although well intended; polite support might still carry the risk that the an- swer is, "leave me alone." However, it is a slam-dunk assurance that a series of harassing, pushy ques- tions blasted in Gatling gun point-blank, rapid-fire succession promises one will receive that same re- ply, albeit with exclamation points and several choice expletives spicing up the retort. Supportive infers the re- ceiver knows what to do, but might periodically need assistance. (Don't we all?) Nagging implies he is an in- competent, ignorant, bum- bling boob — adrift with- out constant instruction; and since pushing some- one who desires no assis- tance (rightly or wrongly) is a guarantee that the end result will be no place fun; might as well avoid the journey completely. However, if requested — and therein lies the rub — nagging might have value, or so believes a website whose goal is to keep one on the straight and narrow. Requiring nothing more than a cell phone, internet connection, and a willing- ness to be annoyed from afar, it can send text mes- sage reminders to keep you on task. Deciding to inspect fur- ther, I created a profile. "How much do you weigh," queried the on-line form. This presents obstacle one; do I answer honestly? Even the DMV thinks I weigh 147 pounds; must I now confess to a nameless society of cyber-food-cops my most personal num- ber? On the other hand, I am requesting guidance; if I "creatively address" the is- sue, recording a more com- plimentary weight, it might not assist me. Already, the stress is enough to cause me to eat. Brushing fear aside, I bravely answer with truth- fulness: "185 pounds." "What would you like to accomplish," asks the ques- tionnaire. Uh, duh. From the pull down menu, I select "Lose Weight." "How much?" "Ten pounds." "Ten, is that it? Not very motivated are you?" (OK, I made that part up.) "By when?" it asks. I supply a date. "How often would you like to be reminded?" The service can prompt daily or weekly. I opt for "every day" and select, "call repeatedly until I respond." Later that evening, my cell phone alerts me to a message, "How's your diet going?" I glance at the commu- nication and return to watching American Idol. Undeterred, the communi- qué repeats shortly there- after; again, ignored. It re- fuses surrender; repeating two more times, until — be- coming annoyed, and won- dering why I got involved in this experiment — it dawns on me: I can push the "off" button on my cell-phone and continue eating. Now, if only there was a way to do that with pushy co-workers or family mem- bers, we might be on to something. Scott"Q"Marcusisa nationally known weight loss expert for baby boomers and the CRP (Chief Recovering Perfectionist) of www.ThisTimeIMeanIt. com. Get his free ebook of motivational quotations and one year of his highly-popular Monday Motivational Memos at no charge by visiting his website. He is also available for coaching and speaking at 707 442-6243. SCOTT MARCUS Pleasesetallcellphonesto'nag' Scott Marcus Savealife.Don'tDriveHoMebuzzeD. BUZZEDDRIVINGISDRUNKDRIVING. Save a life. Don't Drive HoMe buzzeD. 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